Perhaps the most interesting detail from the ruling at Chesterfield Crown Court that saw a gang of five sentenced to a combined 30 years behind bars for providing illegal streams of Premier League games was that they had at least 50,000 subscribers.
That audience size underlined the scale of the problem because they are just one of many groups providing such services to fans - via Amazon Fire Sticks, other apps or encrypted websites.
The quintet, led by London-based Mark Gould, were jailed for conspiring to fraud and money laundering with the court hearing that they made an estimated £7m.
